Business Issues and Contexts of Human Resources Introduction Over the years, organizations have adopted various approaches that determine their strategies to meet objectives. Further, the approaches are essential in determining and characterizing management functions in an organization. Human resources are central to the success of an organization. Such is attributed to the fact that business and management functions revolve around them. More so, an organization’s human resource is responsible for making decisions in line with the overall objectives. In this paper, business issues and contexts of human resources are discussed. Both internal and external factors that have an impact on human resources are also analyzed. Moreover, the discussion highlights human resource practices, business planning, response to change, ethics, and accountability.